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STORY

The
99 Club

Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious lifestyle,
was neither happy nor content. One day, the King came upon a servant who
was singing happily while he worked. This fascinated the King; why was
he, the Supreme Ruler of the Land, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant
had so much joy. The King asked the servant, " Why are you so happy?"

The man replied, " Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but
my family and I don't need too much - just a roof over our heads and warm
food to fill our tummies ."The king was not satisfied with that reply.
Later in the day, he sought the advice of his most trusted advisor. After
hearing the King's woes and the servant's story, the advisor said, "
Your Majesty, I believe that the servant has not been made part of The
99 Club." "The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?" the
King inquired.

The advisor replied, "Your Majesty, to truly know what The 99 Club
is, place 99 Gold coins in a bag and leave it at this servant's doorstep
." When the servant saw the bag, he took it into his house. When
he opened the bag, he let out a great shout of joy... So many gold coins!
He began to count them. After several counts, he was at last convinced
that there were 99 coins. He wondered, " What could've happened to
that last gold coin? Surely, no one would leave 99 coins! "

He looked everywhere he could, but that final coin was elusive. Finally,
exhausted, he decided that he was going to have to work harder than ever
to earn that gold coin and complete his collection. From that day, the
servant's life was changed. He was overworked, horribly grumpy, and castigated
his family for not helping him make that 100th gold coin. He stopped singing
while he worked.

Witnessing this drastic transformation, the King was puzzled. When he
sought his advisor's help, the advisor said, "Your Majesty, the servant
has now officially joined The 99 Club." He continued, "The 99
Club is a name given to those people who have enough to be happy but are
never contented, because they're always yearning and striving for that
extra 1 telling to themselves: "Let me get that one final thing and
then I will be happy for life ."
"We can be happy, even with very little in our lives, but the minute
we're given something bigger and better, we want even more! We lose our
sleep, our happiness, we hurt the people around us; all these as a price
for our growing needs and desires. That's what joining The 99 Club is
all about.

Simply amazing...
* Bigger than Facebook, Twitter and all other Social groups, the 99 club
boasts the largest membership on the planet.

* If the 99 club was to be put into a country in would be the most populated
on earth, nay, the most populated continent.

* One does not require a mobile or any other fancy gadget. The only requirement
to join is a desire.
How to refrain from joining the club?

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whose services are advertised with us!!!
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FIQH

SALAATUL ISHRAAQ

Q. Explain Salaatul Ishraaq?A. Salaatul Ishraaq is performed about 15 minutes after
sunrise. After the Fajr Salaah one should sit at the same place and engage
in Durood, Zikr, Tasbeeh, Quraan or listen to a Deeni talk then perfrom
Salaatul Ishraaq. One can also perfrom the Salaah after one has indulged
in other activities (activities that is not classified as Ibaadah) however
the reward will be less.

Q. Explain the method of perfroming Salaatul Ishraaq?A. Salaatul Ishraaq is performed in the same way like
all the other Salaat. One can perform either 2 or 4 Rakaats. It is a Nafl
(optional) Salaah therefore when making intention a person should mention
that it is a Nafl Salaah.

Q. What are the rewards of perfroming this Salaah?A. Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam has said: "He
who performs Fajr Salaah with Jamaat and remains seated in the same place
engaging in Zikr until after sunrise and thereafter performs 2 Rakaats
Nafl Salaah, will obtain the reward of one Hajj and one Umrah." (Tirmizi)

The above Hadeeth describes the perfect and complete reward however if
for some reason a person missed Fajr Salaah with Jamaat or a person indulged
in worldly activities after the Fajr Salaah, he can still perform Salaatul
Ishraaq with the reward being less. Salaatul Ishraaq can also be performed
by a female. It is not necessary that she performs Fajr with Jamaat.

Other narrations mention that if a person performs this Salaah, all his
sins will be forgiven and if he dies the same day, he will be directly
admitted to Jannah. If a person performs this Salaah, Allah Ta’aala
will help him in accomplishing all his jobs during the rest of the day.

Q. Is Salaatul Ishraaq performed everyday?A. Salaatul Ishraaq is performed everyday except the
two days of Eid for it is not permissible to perform any Nafl Salaah before
the Eid Salaah.

SALAAH TIMES

Johannesburg

Durban

Port
Elizabeth

Cape
Town

Sehri Ends

5:00am

4:48am

5:16am

5:38am

Fajr begins

5:05am

4:53am

5:21am

5:43am

Sunrise

6:22am

6:13am

6:38am

7:06am

Zawaal

12:09pm

11:57pm

12:19pm

12:47pm

Asr

Shaafi

3:27pm

3:13pm

3:31pm

4:00pm

Asr

Hanafi

4:18pm

4:02pm

4:18pm

4:48pm

Maghrib

5:58pm

5:44pm

5:58pm

6:31pm

Esha

7:12pm

7:00pm

7:21pm

7:36pm

FINANCIALS

Gold:
$1,644.00

Platinum:
$1,595.13 /oz

Silver:
R8.49 /g

Saudi
Riyaal:R2.12

Oil:
$120.22/ barrel

$:
7.99

€:
10.48

£:
12.72

Mahr
Fatimi: R12997.34

Minimum
Mahr: R259.94

Zakaah
Nisaab: R5198.93

Krugerrand:
R13,769.37

24
carat gold: R422.57 /g

22
carat gold: R387.68 /g

18
carat gold: R316.91 /g

14
carat gold: R246.62 /g

09
carat gold: R159.76 /g
As at (11/04/2012)

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NEWS

*
1
000 teachers miss 1st day of class - Over 1 000 teachers
did not arrive for the start of the second school term on Tuesday, pleading
exhaustion after a sports day, according to a report on Wednesday.

*
Hijackers
and cops all in one - Two Soweto women were shocked to come
face-to-face with their alleged hijackers when they went to a police station
to report the attack.

*
ANC
may ban lawyers from hearings- Lawyers may soon be banned
from ANC disciplinary hearings because they can make it “extraordinarily
difficult to bring errant members into line”, The Witness reported
on Wednesday.

*
Annan:
Iran can be part of Syria 'solution' - Kofi Annan, the joint
United Nations-Arab League envoy on Syria, has welcomed Iranian support
for his efforts to secure peace in the country, telling Tehran that it
can be "part of the solution".

*
North
Korea starts to fuel rocket - North Korea says it has begun
fuelling a rocket ahead of a planned launch expected later this week which
it says will put a satellite into space.

METHOD:
Shel de-vein and wash prawns leaving tails intact. Cut kingklip into 4cm
pieces. Combine chilli garlic paste, salt, lemon pepper and lemon juice
and marinate the prawns and kingklip fillets for 30 minutes. Heat butter
and olive oil and sauce prawns for a few minutes and remove. Fry the kingklip
for a few minutes, remove and set aside. Fry onion and garlic in ghee
until light gold. Add chilli garlic paste, spices, tomatoes and cook for
8-10 minutes. Remove half the chutney and set aside. Add rice, water,
bay leaves and salt to the remaining chutney. Bring to boil and cook on
low heat until rice is tender. To serve, mould or layer rice in a serving
platter. Pour the remaining chutney over the rice. Arrange the seafood
over the chutney and serve.

DID YOU KNOW...

*
A pound of potato chips cost 200 times more than a pound of potatoes.
* A honeybee can fly at 15 miles per hour.
* In 75 years the human heart pumps 3, 122, 000, 000 gallons of blood, enough
to fill an oil tanker over 46 times.

Peter, John and Frank escape a burning building by climbing to the roof.
The fireman are on the street below, holding a blanket for them to jump
into. The fireman yell to Peter "Jump! Jump! It's your only chance
to survive!" Peter jumps and SWISH! The fireman yank the blanket
away. Peter slams into the sidewalk like a tomato.

"C'mon! Jump! You gotta jump!" say the fireman to John. "
Oh no! You're gonna pull the blanket away!" says John. "No!
it was only Peter we couldn't stand! "Ok" says John and he jumps.
SWISH! The fireman yank the blanket away, and John is flattened on the
pavement like a pancake.

Finally, Frank steps to the edge of the roof. Again, the fireman yell,
"Jump! You have to jump!" "No way! You're just gonna pull
the blanket away!" yelled Frank. "No! Really! You have to jump!
We wont pull the blanket away!" "Look" Frank says "Nothing
you say is gonna convince me that you're not gonna pull the blanket away!
So what I want you to do is put the blanket down, and back away from it..."

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